elves live in the land      
       beyond the great  dam.     
  it  was  built in the  late sixties.  
    the elves  came to us then.     
                      
                      
 they  were  very  manipulative,  and  we 
 came to trust them.           us 
 kids would play  down at the  water even 
 though  we were not allowed.       
     sometimes  the  sluice would close 
 entirely,  and  the river  at  the  dams 
 foot would dry  up,  revealing the rocky 
 water   garden  that  had   been  hidden 
 beneath, and  we would go there.     
       before  the  dam opened again, 
 there  would be a signal, but the  elves 
 would make us  not hear it, and suddenly 
 we would find  the water rising, already 
 at our  knees.               
                      
   by then the  elves  would  be gone.